The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-29


tractiv 70 place on earth. II IL the only
calm harbor In this world. You know
% we'll % ! do that this outside world
and the business world 10 long scene
OF jostle and contention. The man who
has q dollar struggles to keep II; the
man who has II not struggles to get II.
Prices up. Prices down. Losses.
Gains. Misrepresentation. Couplings.
Undertaking. Buyers deprecisting;
sslesmen exaggerating. Tenants sesk.
irg lees rent; landlords demanding
more. Gold fdgety. Struggles about
Office. Men who are In trying to keep
in. Slips. Tumbles. Declarations.
Psnics. Catastrophes. oh woman
thank God you have home, and that
you may be queen In 1t. Better be
there than carry the purse OF prin-
cess. Your abode may be humble, but
yen eau, by your faith In God and
your cheerfulness OF demesnor, gid II
with splendors such as an upholster's
hand never yet kindled. There are
abodes In the slty-humble, two sto-
ries; four plain, unpapered rooms; I'M.
desirable neighborhood and yet there
Is man here this morning who would
de on that tbre,hold rather than sur
render 1t. Wby7 II is home. When.
ever he thinks OF IL he sees angels OF
God lowering around 1t. The ladders
| OF heaven are let down TO that house.
Over the child's rough crib there are
the chautings Of angels as those that
broke over Bethlehem. II IL home.
These children may come up, after
awhile, and they msy win high posi-.
ton, and they may have an sfi rent
residence; bu, they will not until
their dying day forget that humble
roof, under which their father r. 'ed,
and their mother Gang, and their els
ters played. o, II you would gather
up all tender memories, oil the lights
and ehades OF the heart, all banquet
iDss and reunions, all filial, iraternal,
paternsl and cor u2al affections, and
you had Just four letters With which
TO spell cut that height, and depth, and
length, and breadth, and magnitude,
and eternity Of meaning, you would,
With streaming eyes, and trembling
voice, and sgilated hand write IL ont
In thoee fur living capitals, H.O NJ L.
What right does woman want that
IL grapder than to be queen In such a
reslm2 Why, the eagles Of heaven
cannot fly scross that dominion.
Horses, pauting and with lathered
tanks, are no. swift enough to ruu To
the outpost OF that realm. They say
that the sun never Gets upon the EnR.
lish empire; but l have h tail you
that on this realm OF woman's infl1.
ence eternity never marks any bound.
Isabella fed from the Spanish throne,
pursued by the pation's ansthemas
but she who ia queen In home will
never lose her throne, and death itseli
will only be the annexation Of heaven
ly principalities.
. When you want TO get your n andes
. idea Of q qusen, you do not think o
| Catherine OF Russia, or OF Anne o
. England. or Maria Theresa Of Ger
4 many; bu. when you want to get you
4 grandest idea Of a queen you think O
n the plain woman who sat opposit
|. your father at the table, or wake
o with him arm .in.arm down LIES path
q way; sometimes TO the thanksgivin
v banquet, sometimes 10 the grave, bu
!, always together-soothing your petit
a eriefs, correcting your childsh wal
!. wardnes., joining in your infantil
y sports, listening 10 your evenin
Q prayers, toiling Tor you with needle {
!. at the spinning wheel, and on col
o nights Wrapping you up snug an
q warm; and then, at last, on tha, da
l. when she lay in the back room dyinI
/. and you saw her take those thin hand
" With which she toiled for you 90 lonI
A aud pat them together In q dyir
Il prayer that commented ron 10 the Go
% whom ere had taught You to trust-C
y she WAS the queen The ctariols
}. God came down 70 fetch her; and q
o she went IN. all heaven rose up. Yo
n cannot ihlpk Of her now without q rus
u OF tenderness ths, stirs the deep four
o ds,ious OF your soul, and you feel ,
}, much Q child again n when you erie
e on her lap; aud I you oould bring hs
n back again 10 speak iust oncs NOR
, your name, ~ tenderly A. che iced I
v rpsak II, you would be willing /
}, throw yourself on the ground and kil
IN WV WI NAAN NNNNNN
l. "Mo,hsfi motheri" Abb che was n
queen chs vas the queen. Nos, ca
}. you tell me hos many ihousand mil.
D woman like that would have ,
q travel down beiore aha got 10 th
" ballot b1IS Oimpared with this wor
II Of training kings and queens for Go
!, and eternity, how insigni hoant seen
o all this work OF voting for Aldefms
n aud common councilmen and sher
10 and cousiables and mayors and pres
" dents. To make one such gran
IL woman as | have described how m an
70 thouiands would you want Of tho,
10 people who n In the round OF 70,
N lesness aud fashion and dissipstioi
I distorIipg their bodies until In the
\. mobstroeties they seem 10 outto III
"a dromedsry and hippopotamus; goir
~ as far toward disgraceiul apparel {
n they dare 20 % ~ not 10 be arrests
n Of the police their behavior a sorro
!. 10 the good and q csricature Of d
Of vicious, aud an insult 10 that God wi
g. made them women and not eorgon
10 and trampipg on down through
n irivolous and dlssipated life 10 ter
d porAl and eternal damnation.
"a D woman, With the lightning
" your soul, strike dead a, your feet Z
ID thsse allurements 10 dissipation and
10 fashion. Your immortal soul cam
as be fed upon such garbage. God ca
al you MP 10 empire and dominion. w
" you have III o. give 10 God yo
10 hearth Give 10 God your bsst ens
is eies; give 10 God all your Guitar
II give 20 God all your refinement; ri
A, Yourself TO Him for this world aud Il
q. next. Soon all these bhsht eyes "
II. be quenched and these voices will
'. hushed. For the last time you W
,s look upon this fair earth. Father
A. hand, mothers hand, sisters han
10 child's hand, will be no more In youl
ve II will be niehi. aud there will con
10 up . cold wind from the Jordan, az
ID you must start. Will II he lo
4. woman on tackles moor2 Ali n
q Jesus will come up In that hour 81
10 offer His hand, and lie will say! ~
At stood by No when you were we'll nc
of / will not desert You when you a